Biography
Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (Czech: Jan Křtitel Jiří Neruda) (c.1707-c.1780) was Czech violinist and composer.
Neruda's dates are only approximations. He was born in Bohemia, now part of Czech Republic, to a well-respected musical family. After spending his earlier years gaining a good reputation as a violinist and conductor in Prague and Germany, Neruda became Konzertmeister of the Dresden court orchestra.
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His compositional output includes eighteen symphonies, fourteen instrumental concertos (including a bassoon concerto), sonatas, sacred works, and an opera: Les Troqueurs. Neruda's best-known work is the trumpet concerto in E-flat. Originally written for the "corno da caccia" or "valveless natural horn" using only the high register, it is now rarely performed on anything other than an E-flat or B-flat trumpet.
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